Thanks Garg ji. This is what I could gather from this book Balanites aegyptiaca: Evergreen tree, fluted trunk, slow growing rounded crown; long straight green spines spirally arranged on branches; smooth bark fissured, leaves with two grey-green leaflets; flowers yellow-green in clusters; fruits yellow, date-like; seed very hard, pointed, surrounded by bittersweet flesh; ripe fruit edible, young leaves and tender shoots used as vegetable. Indian names: Akantaka, hanchadi, garacheti, hingot, hingora
B. roxburghii: shrub with stout axillary spines; alternate leaves; small greenish white flowers. Indian names: Dirghakanta, hingoloro, hingaata, hinganbet Perhaps Nidhan ji known where we had photographed this to confirm whether it was a tree or shrub and colour of flowers Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:02 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Singh ji, for this important issue. > Pl. see CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common > Names ... > <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YC_lAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA521&dq=Balanites+%2B+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-Z-OU6u6Ko2zuAS09oAQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Balanites%20%2B%20india&f=false> > By Umberto Quattrocchi (2012). > More details at Balanites > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/z/zygophyllaceae/balanites> > > > On 28 May 2014 10:26, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks a lot Vijayasankar ji. >> Now a problem. I got B. roxburghii as suggestion on Indian Flora >> Facebook. The Plant List treats B. aegyptiaca and B. roxburghii as two >> distinct species. It would be interesting to know differences. Some sources >> treat them synonyms. >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> It somewhat looks like *Balanites aegyptiaca *(?) >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>> University of Mississippi >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Tree photographed from Karnal in September, >>>> Please help in ID >>>> >>>> >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
